{"id":15552,"date":"2017-11-19T10:05:46","date_gmt":"2017-11-19T15:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mainelyratrescue.org\/rattieblog2\/?p=15552"},"modified":"2018-01-17T09:54:18","modified_gmt":"2018-01-17T14:54:18","slug":"freed-mini-and-artemis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mainelyratrescue.org\/rattieblog2\/freed-mini-and-artemis\/","title":{"rendered":"Freed, Mini, and Artemis"},"content":{"rendered":"

Meet three MRR Sanctuary friends, from left to right: Freed, Mini (RIP) and Artemis. These beauties illustrate some of the many ways a small animal can come to MRR Sanctuary care.<\/p>\n

\"Freed<\/a><\/p>\n

Freed bears a most appropriate name. This pink-eyed white boy\u2019s mother had been rescued from the 1,000+-rat Holbrook hoard. Nearly a third of the hoard, including Freed\u2019s mom, were pregnant females, so numbers grew and grew. In hoards like Holbrook, inbreeding with poor care and environment can create health challenges. Freed lost his beloved brother Gray, leaving Freed alone with health problems of his own. Highly social and sensitive pets, rats should very rarely be kept alone. Freed loves getting the loving care he needs while cuddling his MRR Sanctuary sisters.<\/p>\n

Mini, the tiny, blue-capped, dumbo-eared rat had a sparkle that belied her senior status (over 2 years old) and serious lung scarring. Mini\u2019s young owner had adopted her with the promise she\u2019d never leave Mini alone. After Mini\u2019s BFF passed, the girl\u2019s younger rats brought out Mini\u2019s inner grouch, so the young woman sadly surrendered Mini to MRR. Small but mighty Mini\u2019s lung disease gave her precious little time with us. But she loved the time she had, piling on her new friends Freed and Artemis.\u00a0 MRR Sanctuary had kept her young owner\u2019s promise–Mini was never alone again.<\/span><\/p>\n

Artemis, the lovely rat on the right, has beautiful curly (rex) black fur. When her young owner adopted her and her sister Fantasia, they were skittish from little handling. What\u2019s worse, they each grew mammary tumors. They had surgery to remove the tumors, but Fantasia\u2019s tumors came back and Artemis had complications after surgery. When their owner faced leaving for college, she made the heartbreaking choice that was best for her beloved pets\u2014she surrendered them to MRR Sanctuary. Fantasia could not survive another surgery, so she lived out her days, pain-free and happy with her sister. Artemis receives ongoing medical care as she cuddles Freed and Mini.<\/p>\n

Such sad stories, but look at these happy rats now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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